Day 85: Seminar

Summative Seminar group 1.

Day 83: Summative Seminar

1.  Work on the summative seminar.  Questions will be given in class to those who would like them.

Day 80: Seminar and Summative

1.  Seminar group 1: ehtics.

For everyone else:
Summative document
Summative instructions

Day 79: Bee Cee Awards and Exam

Could you please, in partners or alone, do the following for EACH of the three units.  This is to help me to determine if the exam I have written does indeed cover what you have learned and can apply!

1.  Write the names and theories of 3 philosophers that you could easily discuss.
2.  Write 3 questions that you feel could be answered in the given unit.
3.  Write down 2 ideas that you are familiar with, but which you would like more clarification.

Thanks!

Day 78: Biomedical Ethics

Discussion from Thursday:

David Reimer, Part 1    Part 2 

Where do you stand on:

self-administered death, lead by a professional (physician-assisted suicide)
other-administered death, lead by a professional (physician-completed suicide)

John Elliott
Angelique Flowers

Against bill C-384

SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Criminal Code to allow a medical practitioner, subject to certain conditions, to aid a person who is experiencing severe physical or mental pain without any prospect of relief or is suffering from a terminal illness to die with dignity once the person has expressed his or her free and informed consent to die. SOMMAIRE


http://www.parl.gc.ca

Day 77: PROM!!!

'nuff said.

Day 76: Gender Neutrality ... is it possible?

Gender:
Where does society play a role?
How should others be a part of your gender?
Where should the line be drawn?

Toronto's Storm

Small Person Acquisition Project  Audio  The Current

Day 75 and 75: Work Period

Work on seminar stuff.

INFO POST

Ethics Seminars:

June 8th:                                      June 9:
Nicole Me.                                   Casey
Justine                                          Niki
Nicole Di.                                     Desiray
Shaelyn                                         Rebecca
Eric                                               Albert
Nicole Ma.                                   Kevin
Shauni                                           Alex
Chelsea                                         Dani

Summative Seminars:

June 15                                         June 16
Dani                                              Nicole Di.
Justine                                          Albert
Niki                                              Casey
Desiray                                         Eric
Kevin                                            Alex
Shauni                                          Rebecca
Nicole Me.                                   Chelsea
Shaelyn                                        Nicole Ma.

Schedule for the remainder of the year:
May 30-June 1: Work periods on seminars and Kid Rock.
June 2: Class, discussion with Liar Liar
June 3: Prom
June 6, 7: class
June 8, 9: Seminars
June 10: class
June 13-14, Work periods, summative prep
June 15, 16: summative seminars
June 17, 20, 21: exam prep

Day 74: Complete the last few days

1.  Complete the text note as a class    POSTED NOTE HERE
2.  Kid Rock assignment
3.  Ethics seminar and sign up

Day 73: Ethics discussion

1.  Complete Ethics Dilemmas from yesterday   NOTE POSTED HERE
2.  Ethics Question: Re Moral Rights of Parents/Children ... Discuss and post to ONLINE CLASS forum.
3.  Kid Rock Video     Assigment and Marking
4.  Seminar Ethics Document  Instructions: See Day 19

Day 72: Number 8

See day 68, number 8.

Day 71: See Day 68

Let's finish up last week's work.

Reminder: Closure for DEC of RIGHTS is tomorrow.
Sign up if you are completing your assignment in an interview format.

Day 70: Film fest

Watch this year's films in the caf!

Day 69: See yesterday

See header!!!

Day 68: The rightness and wrongness of actions

1.  How can the rightness or wrongess of an action be determined? discussion
2.  How do you solve a problem like Maria?
3.  No, really ... how can you solve a problem? list
4.  Wrongness and Boomfist to 6:34
5.  An introduction: reading
6.  OERB:  All right to lie?
7.  Santa Claus case study
8.  Case studies: in groups.

• read your part of the text
• identify the ethical question/dilemma
• identify and explain the philosopher/theory/vocabulary that outlines the argument

ex:
Ethical question/dilemma:
Is lying, stealing or cheating morally wrong always?  Or only in some instances?

Kant: categorical imperative: a moral rule that is absolute
- he would say it is AWLAYS wrong, or ALWAYS right (no grey area or fence-sitting for him!)

Bok:
- lying, cheating, stealing usually wrong BUT must look at situation
- if safety is a concern, if you are avoiding hurting or embarrassing someone, or if you are trying to gain advantage for yourself,  these actions can be done with little or no moral consequence
- some reasons to consider these actions morally wrong include when you reduce someone's trust, violate justice (ex: on the witness stand)

Slippery Slope: an expression that means once someone starts to do something (ex: lying) more and more people will do the same (sliding down the slope towards disaster)
ex: conspiracy theories

Day 67: Work in lab 212

See today's title!

Day 66: Room 212

Work period in room 212 on Dec of Rights.

Philosophy isms
Philosophy Ethics online (see Utilitarianism in particular)
Ethics Quiz

Day 63: Halton Water Symposium

In class with guest speaker regarding the ethics of bottled water.

Day 62: Finish film, assignment

1.  Finish film Gattaca
2.  Assignment
3.  Exemplars

Day 61: Movie

Gattaca in Room 104

Day 60: Dec of Rights

1.  Read over Declaration of Human Rights.
2.  Discussion: Importance
3.  Gattaca

Day 59: Chapter 13

1.  Please read chapter 13 of your text and take notes on philosophers and theories.
2.  We will review info in chapters 12 and 13 tomorrow, when I will answer all questions found on the parking lot.

You must have notes on:

• the keys words on the first page of each chapter
• the key people found on the first page of each chapter

Day 58: The ethics of saving people

1.  How do you determine the rightness or wrongness of an action?
2.  Video 
3.  Video
4.  Reaction 1       Reaction 2
5.  Vocab
6.  Ashley    reaction 1           reaction 2
7.  Article

Day 57: Presentation 4

Presentation

Document 

Document 2

Day 56: Ethics Textbook Intro

1.  Read and take notes on pg. 242-247 of your text.
2.  Brainstorm a personal thought about the question "Why do the right thing?"
3.  Discuss your ideas with a partner or small group.
4.  Read and take notes on pg. 248-259 of the text.
5.  Use the "Parking Lot" at the back of the class to write down any questions you may have of what you read.

Day 55: Learning Skills through Ethical Debates, Day 3

Group #3:

Presentation

Document

Day 54: Spring Grad Assembly

No class today because of the Spring Grad Assembly.
Group #3 will present their ethical question tomorrow.

Spring Grad Assembly
Rooms 201 & 202

Topics to be covered

• financing your education (OSAP presentation)
• scholarships
• college & university deadlines
• alternatives to college & university

 Also Updates on:

• Grad Breakfast, Friday June 17th
• Commencement 2011
• Community service hours & your diploma
• Completing your grad information sheets

Day 53: Learning Skills through Ethical Debates, Day 2

Great work from group #1, thanks for starting us off on the right track. Some of you need to make more of an effort to make a contribution to the class discussion today. Please remember that both the presenters and the participants will be assessed.

Group #2:
Presentation

Document 

*The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Day 52: Learning Skills through Ethical Debates

I'm sorry I am not in class today ... but your presentations will go on!  Mr. Hallas and I have fully versed you in what we are looking for in terms of learning skills.  Please remember that both the presenters and the participants will be assessed today.  Look at the charts at the back of the room to remind yourself what we are looking for in the next 4 days.

Presentation

Document

Enjoy!

Day 51: “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

1. Working in Lab, room 211

2. Presentations begin Tuesday

3. Order of groups to present will be determined today

Day 50: Your Burning Ethical Question

1.  What did you see in our presentations?
- burning eithical question
- pictures
- videos
- background info on topic
- documents
- group discussion
- direct/lead/moderate/facilitate discussion
- small group dicussion prior to big group discussion
- two sides introduecd and lead by different people
- enthusiasm

2.  What we would like to see in yours.
-  knowledgeable about topic
- research indicates both sides
- examples for both sides
- all of the above
- use of learning skills as discussed in class

3.  Learning skills:  What they are.  What they will look like. (Chart paper brainstorming.)

4.  Your burning ethical question.

5.  Lab time Room 211.

Day 49: “Relativity applies to physics, not ethics.”

1. Continue Introduction to Ethics.

2. Make Groups for Presentations.

3. Full Presentation to be posted after class.

Day 48: "Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere."

1. Matrix was due Friday, Closure date Today.

2. Intro to Ethics.

3. Presentation to be posted after class.

Day 47: " We have become makers of our fate..."

1. Working in Lab, room 211

2. Use this time to work on Matrix

3. Matrix is due Today, Closure on Monday

Day 46: “He who runs behind the truck is exhausted, he who runs in front of the truck is tired.”

1. Working in Lab, room 211

2. Use this time to work on Matrix

3. Matrix is due Friday (tomorrow), Closure on Monday

Day 45: Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

1. Seminar - Group 2 Today

Day 44: "The unexamined life is not worth living."

1. Seminar - Group 1 Today

2. Seminar - Group 2 Tomorrow

Day 43: "I'm working on it"

1. Finish Watching - Wag the Dog (1997)

                 Room 104

2. Seminar Prep - Groups 1 Tomorrow

Day 42: A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

1. Watch- Wag the Dog (1997)
              Room 104

Day 41: "Whoa. Déjà vu."

1. Working in Lab, room 211

2. The Matrix - Wikipedia   Quotes from the movie

3. Thursday - Wag the Dog (1997)

4. Seminar 2 - Documents

5. Assignment: See Day 19

6. April 12th Seminar: Nicole D., Desiray, Dani, Kevin, Alex M., Albert, Niki, Justine

7. April 13th Seminar: Mazen, Casey, Chelsea, Shaelyn, Amber, Alex L., Nicole Me., Jonathan, Shauni, Eric, Rebecca, Nicole Ma.

8. Matrix Due: April 15th, Closure Date: April 18th

Day 40: Never send a human to do a machine's job.

1. Working in Lab, room 211

2. Classic Quotes From The Matrix

Day 39: Blue pill, Red pill

1. Finish watching Matrix

2. Mind Map

3. Review Questions from March 30th

4. The Matrix Brainstorming

Day 35: Brain in Vat and Matrix

1.  Discussion from yesterday: Definitions of DOUBT and REALITY.
2.  Assignment
3.  Exemplar:  1    2    3
4.  Movie

Day 34: Mr. Leblanc and Brain in Vat

1.  Mr. Leblanc's presentation
2.  Read pg. 201 of Text: Brain in a Vat
3.  Think, Pair, Share

Day 29-33: Week after March Break

Enjoy the week!

Reminder: by FRIDAY of this week (March 25) you must sign-in your Snowdon assignment AND your ALFQ Project.  IF you are submitting a link to a Youtube clip, or an interview, please ensure that you complete the assignment sign-in.

Each day I'd like you to start with a clip, then a discussion of that video.  Could someone please take brief notes on what you discussed.

Monday's Video Question to discuss: Is WikiLeaks a reliable and real source of knowledge?  Provide some examples as to how it is and is not "true" information.

Tuesday Read page 233 of your text. Question to discuss: How do East and West differ on their conception of knowledge?  (use text)

Wednesday  Could you also watch the 3 minute philosophy on Descartes?  I can't put it on the blog.  Language warning.  Question to discuss: How are Descartes and his theories seen in society today?

Thursday Question to discuss:  What is "truth" about Al Gore's statements?
Friday Question to discuss:  What do you KNOW?

Here is the work for the week:
1.  Complete the handout "Philosophers and Knowing".  You will need to read chapters 9 and 10.
2.  Write any questions you have on the "Parking Lot" at the back of the room.
3.  Please read the thought experiment, "The Brain in the Vat" on p. 201 of the text.  Then respond to this question: How do you know you are not a brain in a vat and how can you know this for certain?" Write some dot jots.  We will use these ideas as a basis for discussion when I return.

Day 28: Bingo and Week after March Break Summation

1.  B-I-N-G-O!
2.  Go over week after March Break.  All info will be on the blog.

Have a great and SAFE March Break!

Day 27: Seminars

Seminars group 2.

Day 26: Seminars

Seminars Group 1.

Day 25: Epistemology

1.  Unit outline presentation.
2.  WikiLeaks
3.  Reading: Student answer pages
4.  Outline for seminars.

Day 24: Work and Text

1.  Your chioce: Text work as assigned or projects.

Day 23: Intro to Epistemology

Sorry for the change!  I'll explain in class.

1.  Two truths and a lie.
2.  What do we know?
3.  How do we know it?
4.  Bill Nye
5.  Explain Monday.
6.  Work

Day 22: 211

In room 211.

Day 21: 211

Work in room 211.

Day 20: Work Period

Work on ALFQ, Snowdon or the seminar questions.

Day 19: Seminar

Agenda:
1.  Seminar Readings   Assignment
2.  March 9:   Chelsea                                March 10: Justine
                       Shaelyn                                                 Alex
                       Amber                                                   Nicole M.
                       Dani                                                      Alex M.
                       Niki                                                       Jon
                       Rebecca                                                 Mazen
                       Kevin                                                     Shauni
                       Casey                                                     Albert
                       Nicole D.                                               Eric
                       Luke                                                       Nicole M.
                       Desiray

Day 17: Inside Ride and Work Period

For those of you not participating in Inside Ride please use the period to work on Snowdon and ALFQ.

Day 16: Life is Beautiful

Movie for ALFQ project: Life is Beautiful 1998

Best Foreign Language Film
Best Actor

Day 15: Personhood

1.  Peer edit Snowdon.

Recap of dates:
Snowdon due Monday Feb. 28
ALFQ due Friday March 11

CLOSURE DATE FOR UNIT: (meaning the drop dead date for both assignments): Friday March 25

Day 13 and 14: I'm away ...

Work periods to read your book, write your Snowdon, do the text reading ...

Enjoy!

Day 12: Meta project, Supreme Being

Agenda:
1.  Are we free to believe?  Discuss.
2.  Video
3.  Outline BIG meta project. Marking
4.  Book talk.
5.  Choose due dates.

FOR MONDAY:
pg. 172 #1, 2
rough copy of Snowdon assignment for peer editing.

Day 11: Personhood Podcast part 2

Agenda:
BEFORE we begin:
Choose book for project.

1.  Finish listening to podcast from yesterday.
2.  Take notes on relevant links and theories.  Class Notes
3.  Decide on due date.
4.  Begin writing.

Day 10: Personhood Podcast

Agenda:
1.  Assignment
2.  Podcast

Day 9: Sign-In (office)

Please sign-in at the main office at the beginning of period 2.
For Monday, please complete the text reading from day 8.

Links to class work from day 7 and day 8
Discussion   Final Criteria

Day 8: Personhood

Agenda:
1.  Finish defining a person.
2.  Continuum of personhood:

ape                         newborn                   dog                dolphin                      philosophy teacher
grade 3 student     grade 12 student     elephant    
on life-support       with dementia

3.  Video from yesterday
4.  Text reading:
Read pp. 133 - 139. Takes notes on the THEORIES and CRITERIA that each philosopher sets out.

John Locke
Daniel Dennett
Mary Anne Warren
Annette Baier
Personal Identity
Derek Parfit

Day 7: The self and intro to personhood

1.  Complete First class travel from yesterday.
2.  What is a person?  Define and present.
3.  Video: Orangutan  Redine a person?
4.  Video:  Susan Savage-Rumbaugh  Redefine a person?
5.  What is more important to personhood; mind (consciousness) or matter (brain and body)?
6.  List your 5 criteria for personhood.

Day 6: Yesterday's work

Good luck on day 2 of the Girl's Hockey tournie!  They are 1 and 1 after yesterday!

Agenda:
Complete text readings, self theories and presentations as outlined yesterday.

Theories of Self

Day 5: Introduction to Metaphysics

Good luck to the Girls Hockey team in their tournament today and tomorrow!

1.  Luke will be starting the class.
1b.  Free the hikers   CNN     Part 1      Part 2 
2.  Intro to Metaphysics
3.  Text reading: chap. 6 pg. 112-119, and pg. 122 & 125.  Take notes on the following:

• idealism
• realism
• materialism
• monoism
• dualism
• determinism
• ontology
• subtance theory
• bundle theory
• narrative structure
• project theory

4.  Discussion of Self theories;  Present to class.
5.  Read "First Class Travel" p. 140
6.  Class discussion

Day 4: The Allegory of the Cave

1.  What is reality?  Define in groups and present.
2.  "Oh my ..."
3.  Introduction to Plato
4.  Allegory of the Cave: pg. 8-9
5.  Your personal philosophy?
6.  Versions of the allegory:  One  Two
7.  What is reality?
8.  Reality vs. Perception: Chart and discuss

Day 3: You the philosopher

1.  Recap yesterday: ABC's and main questions
2.  You the philosopher and discussion

What we said as a class:
honest, critical thought, empathy, bravery, intelligence, curious, respectful, intellectual, accepting, originality, passion, loyalty, open-minded, opinionated, experienced, caring opinionated, questioning, unbiased, biased, abstract opinion (unique), denier of the box,  childlike, imaginative, truth-seeking, well spoken, disagreeing, ambition, confidence,


3.  Main question: Are humans by nature good or evil? Think-Pair-Share ... discussion
4.  A psychologist's perspective
5.  Does it matter?

Day 2: Snow Day

Enjoy the day!

Day 1: Welcome!

1.  Story Time
2.  What happens to you when you study philosophy ... The Simpson's link to Philosophy
2.  History of Philosophy: with my love of song!
3.  Think outside the box ... what would you do?
4.  Logic problems.
5.  The BIG questions:  What do you want to look at?